More than 1.1 million people of working age were unemployed in the second quarter of the year, a decline of 15,200 labourers compared to the first quarter, according to a report released by the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs.

The unemployment rate in the second quarter was 2.43 per cent, the report showed. The unemployment rate of female labourers fell to 2.34 per cent in the second quarter from 2.45 per cent in the first quarter.

The unemployment rate of male labourers rose to 2.48 per cent in the second quarter from 2.42 per cent in the first quarter.